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Apr 14, 2023CareyMacaulay rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
After finally finishing Infinite Jest, I have been sitting here trying to get my thoughts in order. I can't, put them in order, that is. So, here are some rambling thoughts: ~ It took me 2 months to read. I almost gave up a couple of…
Apr 04, 2023
A massive "Sierpiński sieve" type of magnum opus.
Dec 13, 2021
Chaotic. Not funny enough. Very long. Perhaps it is meant to be a puzzle, but I have neither the time nor an interest in solving it.
Dec 01, 2021
NYT 10 best books of 2021
Apr 21, 2021
Infinite Jest is one of David Foster Wallace’s more popular works, and takes place in a fictional North America, which has become a superstate known as ONAN. What interested me the most about this novel was the multiple parallels I found…
Sep 18, 20202004modena360 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
981 pages...I put it down after 32. That was all the time I was willing to invest. The story needs to get off the ground and begin to go somewhere. It doesn't. Time is too valuable to spend it being strung along for page after page…
May 17, 2020dgiard rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace takes place in the near future - mostly in and around Boston, MA. Things are a bit different in the future. Calendar years are no longer referred to by ordinal numbers; instead, the naming…
Feb 03, 2020
June-August
Jan 21, 2020mroz0 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Worth reading. I've heard DFW described as a logophile and it's most evident in his use of language and lexicon. Take the time to write down and lookup unfamiliar terms with this one. Definitely read the footnotes too as they're essential…
Mar 15, 2019
Lauren’s friend in NYC recommended
May 03, 2018OPL_JaneS rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The definitive novel of 1990s postmodernism. The late David Foster Wallace somehow accomplished the impossible--a book both sprawling and intimate, intellectual and pedestrian. The only book I've ever read that really speaks the way the…
Sep 25, 2017Seth_Moses rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of my absolute favorites!
May 10, 2017elizali rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book took me forever. I am normally a very quick reader; this one took 4 months. It was touch and go for awhile, but so glad I read this. I recommend reading in long stretches; reading on your lunch break isn't enough time to dive in.…
Sep 29, 2016IanH_KCMO rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Don't feel bad if you have this one sent to the branch of your choice and you feel intimidated holding it in your hands. It happens a lot. Infinite Jest is intimidating at first (and a punchline as far as big, heady books go) but if you…
Sep 21, 2016flyfisher88 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I, as others, had a hard time getting through this book with all the footnotes and multiple themes. What saved me is a blog called infinite summer which gives an outline of the book with comments. It's a has a lot of humor (some of it…
Jun 04, 2016
A polarizing work you'll likely either love or hate. At least if you read it, you can honestly say you've read it (whatever that is good for).
Apr 06, 2016kaiseryang7 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It is quite a tome. I was not able to finish the book by the due date, hence the four stars. Will try again later. It is not an easy read, not to say that is a bad thing. Reminded me of trying to get through John Milton or Boccaccio,…
Aug 25, 2015xiaojunbpl12 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Negative thoughts (perhaps I'm yet able to get it if positively) on what I think to make this book unaccessible: the interweaving of 3 main plots ("Tennis academy", "Drug rehab", "Canadian terrorist") needs editing, the timeline…
Jul 08, 2015Radical_Penguin rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
• Upon completing my 78th book of the year... • I neither recommend you read this book nor recommend that you do not read _Infinite Jest_—You must be solely responsible for that decision. • David Foster Wallace was clearly one whacked-out…
Jun 03, 2015
I read this book in a binge like fury of a week, and I enjoyed every moment of it. Although sometimes daunting and extremely verbose this book was an absolute pleasure to read.
Jan 10, 2015
Infinite Jest is a big commitment, but it is worth it. The characters are unforgettable. The depiction of addiction and attempts at recovery is one of the most honest that I have read in fiction. It is also laugh out loud funny. DFW was a…
Dec 16, 2014winger4444 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Stunningly bad. Only about ten pages of this was worth reading.
Nov 10, 2014Pomelo_SF rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I wasn't able to read fiction for months after I finished Infinite Jest, as nothing else could compare to its intensity. This novel is courageous in both length and content.
Aug 25, 2014
Loved this book! Very funny!
May 03, 2014
One of the funniest, most elaborate books ever written.